Form (Recovery 03-14)
Application to the Government’s severe
weather recovery scheme: tranche 3
The Severe Weather Recovery Scheme is applicable to local authorities in England,
in support of their costs in dealing with recovery from flood damage resulting from
severe weather between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2014 inclusive.
This claim should be sent to 2014recovery@communities.gsi.gov.uk by 5pm on
30th January 2015.
Please read the guidance notes before completing this form.
LOCAL AUTHORITY NAME:
Grant may be paid to local authorities who can demonstrate that they have incurred expenditure on
supporting their communities during the recovery phase following the severe weather between 1st
April 2013 and 31st March 2014 inclusive. Qualifying activities may include one or more of the
following:
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providing assistance for long-term displaced households,
costs of placing households in temporary accommodation
support payments to flood affected households,
purchase / provision of new household items for those affected, provision of temporary
caravans etc.
use of rest centres
tourism impacts
DCLG does not need to see evidence, but we do expect a signed statement from the Local
Authority’s Chief Finance Officer confirming that:
a) they have such evidence which they could provide to the Department if requested
b) that if their authority submitted a claim under Tranche 1 or Tranche 2 of the scheme, none of
the properties included in the box below were included in their earlier claim and,
c) in the case of two-tier areas, that they have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that
the number of properties reported in their claim excludes those reported in claims
submitted by neighbouring and constituent local authorities.
DCLG reserves the right to obtain the information if required from each individual authority who is
claiming funding as part of the Severe Weather Recovery Scheme.
Form (Recovery 03-14)
Grant will be distributed using a simple formula based on the number of residential and commercial
properties affected (water having entered the property) as a proxy for scale of wider impacts, provided
that at least 10 properties in total have been recorded as affected in this way.
Number of residential properties flooded
Number of commercial properties flooded
Declaration by Chief Financial Officer (Section 151 Officer)
I certify that the information in this claim represents the activity undertaken and/or
the expenditure necessarily incurred by my authority………………………...(local
authority name) on recovery from severe weather between 1st April 2013 and 31st
March 2014 inclusive and that the claim complies with the guidance notes issued on
27th November 2014.
Chief Financial Officer – Name
Signed
LOCAL AUTHORITY CONTACT POINT
Please add the name of the main contact point for enquiries:
Name:
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E Mail Address:
…………………………………………..
Telephone Number:
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CONTACT POINT for any questions you may have:
DCLG Recovery Team
Tel: 0303 44 42871 or 0303 44 42651
Email : 2014Recovery@communities.gsi.gov.uk
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